Demographic diversity for building an effective entrepreneurial team: Is it important?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 727-746

  Chowdhury, Sanjib ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive comprehensiveness; Commitment; Diversity; Entrepreneurial team

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644443856     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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